Sheila Mack in Bali Pt.2

American tourist, Sheila Mack was murdered in Bali; her body stuffed into a suitcase and left in a taxi on the morning of 12th August 2014. Daughter Heather and the teenager’s 21 year-old boyfriend didn’t get far; Bali is a small island. See Pt 1 where we explored the victim’s perspective of her murder.

It would appear that the symbolic gods are bound to loom large once again as we extend this forensic enquiry. Transiting overhead in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter are –

Bali #770 – 17°Libra

Heather #3922 – 16°Scorpio

Ixion #28978 – 20°Sagittarius

Schaefer # 15412 – 02°Cancer

Scheila #596 – 09°Gemini

We continue our enquiry with the first of our persons of interest, the 21 year-old ‘male escort’ (see Pt.1) and boyfriend of Heather Mack. A young man whom had only joined Heather and her mother in Bali a matter of hours before Sheila Ann Von Wiese Mack was brutally murdered in the night.

Tommy Schaefer born 13th July 1993

Note: For this first chart we cannot use the house placements for any interpretation as we are not aware of his time of birth. This does not affect the tension between planets though.

Cancer Sun and Taurus Moon (04°-17° range) gives us a character whom comes across as a very charming, sensitive and adaptable individual. Not necessarily over secretive, nor isolated from his peers, he would be more selective and careful about the company he keeps (likely has underlying agendas as to his motives).

With that Cancer Sun – sincerity and loyalty are two traits that he would possess and likewise, would require these traits of those closest to him (in our case Heather). That Taurus Moon reveals someone whom is impressionable by appearances of wealth in others, revealing a strong material side to his nature. He probably wears designer labels at the cost of going without in other areas of his life and thinks that money grows on trees.

Saturn Rx – goes without saying;absent male role model in his early development (note: picking a girlfriend without a father indicates cunning)

Sun-Mercury opposite Uranus-Neptune – a voice for his peers/age group (that’s the hip-hop star that he was chasing).

Mars square Lunar nodal axis – bound to be on the public stage (not how he thought, as it turns out)

With natal Venus nudging the Lunar South Node as well, this could also indicate the life challenge/karmic element; obsessive/compulsive struggles ahead. This is the crux of the whole issue for this young man. Transiting asteroid Scheila #596 will conjunct his natal Venus while the trio are in Bali on 12th August 2014.

We note that Schaefer’s natal Pluto 22° Scorpio is square natal Chiron at 23° Leo – ominous indeed and even more so when we know that Sheila Mack’s Lunar south node (karma) is at 23° Leo. PLUS don’t lose sight of the fact that this 23° Leo is exact the ascendant at 6:45am (our first bi-wheel).

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As for the bi-wheels (method) we use the same event times as used in Pt.1.

Inner wheels (perspective) are 6:45am (wake-up call booked) and 11:26am (suitcase in the taxi). The outer wheel for each event is the birth chart for Tommy Schaefer.

Just looking at the first bi-wheel, we see the square in the middle formed by tension aspects. Tommy Schaefer is ‘boxed in’ by the transiting Lunar nodal axis of the 2-8th house (self-worth – transformation) together with natal Sun opposite Uranus in the 5-11 axis (giving – receiving creative input; ‘love’).

Translation: This young man is experiencing a traumatic event with an opportunity to transform his low self-worth; an event that is intensified by his ego position of needing what he perceives as ‘love’. He’s boxed in and is unable to see a way out of his situation.

tr Moon (blue) square natal Venus in 10th house – driving need to improve his public image by being co-operative with the victim (I suggest Sheila rather than Heather because asteroid Scheila is conjunct his natal Venus – see asteroids below).

With transiting Mercury and natal Pluto both in the Serbian astrologers’ diabolical 22nd degree identifying ‘to kill or be killed’ we have to ask, ‘Is Tommy Schaefer in fear for his own life, or does this aspect identify the killer?’

We immediately note that natal Mars is not in the mix in either of these bi-wheels, so it appears to be the former at this stage of our enquiry. The fear ‘to be killed’ part lies ahead of him.

Summarising: Schaefer already has tension in his own chart with Saturn square Pluto power/authority-over-self struggles (teenage behaviour not yet matured). When we put his chart together with Sheila Mack (the victim and view the synastry, we can see that they would never have seen eye-to-eye.

His needs (Moon) are inflated by her Jupiter (conjunction) – inflating his inadequacies.

His Jupiter inflates her Saturn – her personal authority threatened

Pluto square Pluto – explosivepower struggles between them

His Sun-Uranus opposition is square her Neptune – his erratic behaviour bewilders her.

His Sun is opposite to her Moon – hisego versus her needs.

Heather Lois Mack born 11th October 1995

Noon is used for a mid-range Moon for Heather’s natal chart as well. As a result we again must dismiss the house placements for our first and her natal, chart.

Sun in Libra and Moon in Taurus answers her popularity among her peers; a friendly personality and the ability to put her personality across makes people like her very much. There are clues for us as to her personality traits as this mix tends to look for shortcuts and efficient ways of doing things to avoid wasting energy.

Despite looking for that easy way through life, these individuals have a strong determination to get the job done. Usually in control of their emotional impulses, aesthetic inclinations are strongly marked, giving them a strong interest in art or music.

The Sun-Moon mix might drive the personality, however it is the tension in the chart that creates the disturbances in her character.

Considering that she had a father at home when she was young (he died when she was ten years of age), I would not have expected to see a Saturn Rx phenomenon in her natal chart. That now explains why the girl has no concept of boundaries of behaviour – neither parent were good mentors; for whatever reason.

Heather is likely seeking a greater sense of intimacy through conflict with this Saturn-Chiron-Mercury aspect so strong in her chart. It also indicates that she would have a tendency to get caught up in co-dependent relationships, or attract abusive relationships from her partners.

There is certainly a personality disorder/emotional disconnect going on. Note there is also a peregrine Mercury in her natal chart. As for the natal midpoints, we note that this is what she was born with and lives with for her entire life; they are innate in her character. Her life experiences will never be calm waters.

At 6:45am Heather Mack’s natal mid-range Moon was overhead at the mid-heaven and natal Pluto was opposite; at the IC. The date doesn’t have any particular relevance to her emotional state other than the Sun’s energy wasn’t working ‘with her needs’.

The transiting Moon is not in tension with her natal planets either, so why did her abuse escalate to participating, or committing murder? We know in the past her violent acts upon her mother have been a one-on-one altercation. Is it different this time because Schaefer is present?

tr Mercury (yellow) at the ascendant square natal Moon – driving need to place the call to reception.

tr Mercury square natal Mars in 3rd house of communication – identifies Heather as the likely caller to reception booking the wake-up call.

tr Uranus opposite natal Sun (orange) in 2nd house – self worth, position in society are behind her actions at this time.

Natal Venus/Saturn = tr Pluto – unusually strong tensions towards separation; wasting emotions. As Saturn is in the 7th house this likely brings Schaefer into the argument as her ‘partner’. This midpoint identifies that her argument is weak in its construction.

The addition at 11:26 am, when the couple put the suitcase containing Sheila’s body into the trunk of the taxi, provides one particular midpoint of interest to us.

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5 thoughts on “Sheila Mack in Bali Pt.2”

Can you look at any more of this case (thank you for your work so far)? I’m fascinated by this case and intrigued at what manifested for it to happen. Things I’m interested in are: how they will handle jail and the baby, etc.

Suzie, this method we use reveals an emotive response to a point in time by the characters involved. We have discussed the character traits that lead to the behaviour in these first two posts. Also given the physical and verbal abuse history of Sheila by her daughter, it isn’t a big stretch to imagine what happened on that night in Bali.

IMO ‘juvenile rage’ plays a large part in Heather’s actions. This is based on her perception that her needs were not met by her mother when she was a small child and are carried forward to her current age yet remain juvenile/locked to earlier trauma – likely relates to the event before her 6th birthday when her father’s 2001 accident meant that her mother’s attention was directed towards her husband’s demise/health issue, over her emotionally demanding daughter.

So whenever Heather’s needs have not been met ever since, she reverts to this young child’s perceived ‘rights’ and rage erupts. This suggestion is borne out by the natal astrology.

Being pregnant and immature emotionally, Heather likely believed that she had Tommy Schaefer’s unconditional support for her actions, thereby psychologically empowering her ‘juvenile rage’ to escalate to the ultimate violence. As it turns out, Schaefer did support Heather unconditionally for whatever reason (I suggest, fear based) with his actions/inaction revealing his own level of emotional immaturity.

In order to get an idea of what lies ahead for them in jail, we will need to generate new charts at the end of the trial. That will give us their emotive reactions to the sentence.

Thanks MM, I so look forward to your analyses. Heather & Shelia had nothing in common per their composite chart. It was probably very trying for Shelia having a child at 43 & then a husband wheelchair bound for years. Poor lady. Can’t wait for the trial & more charts.